So while VMworld EU starts on Tuesday I already had a full day yesterday. For the Partner Exchange bootcamp day I picked something I had heard about but couldn’t find a lot about: EUC Livefire bootcamp. Livefire is a special group within VMware that helps partners in having success. In the past they had bootcamps for they SDDC and NSX but now they are also building two 4 or 5 day courses for EUC. One design and one deploy training. For me it was a full day learning about the components of Wokspace one because that’s the solution this bootcamp is about. There where some architectural principles in there besides deeper diving into the technical part. It was clear that they are still building the real livefire course but it really looks promising.
In the evening I had a ticket to go to the vRockstar party but my stomach decided it was having none of that so I decided to go to bed early but wasn’t able to catch any sleep before 1 am 🙁
(For those of you who ever watch or used to watch WWE think: New Age Outlaws. For those who never did watch this from about 1:40.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, nerds of all ages. Retouw.nl proudly brings to you, the monthly VMware Labs updated Fliiiiings. The new, the updated change logs and all.
“And if you ain’t down with that I got two words for ya: read it!”
This month we had two new flings and six updated including a dinosaur that I even forgot it existed!
New Flings
vRealize Operations Export tool
Ever felt the need to export all of that vRops data because you don’t trust the recommendations it makes for you? This is your chance to do just that. The vRealize Operations Export Tool actually is an Open Source Fling and can be found on Github. If you want to know more about the VMware Open Source initiative visiting this site might be usefull.
Changelog
No changelog yet.
DRS Dump Insight
While DRS Lens already gives you some insight in why DRS actions might be happening the DRS Dump Insight actually uses drmdump files created on vCenter and analyses why a DRS action really happened or not and you can also run what-if scenarios to see what would happen if a threshold had been breached.
Changelog
Again no changelog yet.
Updated flings
Like I said 6 updated flings and let’s start with the Dinosaur you (like me) might have forgotten.
Visual Esxtop
WHAT? Yes Visual Esxtop has been updated! Duncan wrote about this over four years ago and I believe it might actually be older then that. The name says enough, this shows you the output from ESXtop in a graphical way and since I can never ever describe it better then Duncan head over there to read about it!
Changelog
I could copy the only changelog item but since that mentions vSphere 5.5 I think this might be an old one 🙂
ESXi Embedded Host Client
The ESXi Embedded Host client is in the GA product since 6.x but there’s still lab updates being released. Some very nice fixes have been implemented.
Changelog
Version 1.23.0 build 6360286 (Fling 18) – August 16, 2017
Minor features and bugfixes
General
Display the VM List in the Host autostart settings
Fix role selection in IE 11
Correct partition info portlet
Better handling of unknown partition types
Fix issue with fractional cores per socket in VM settings
Several wizard fixes
Remove persistent warning when importing VMs that include a floppy drive
Fix hidden selection when using the ‘select all’ checkbox in a filtered VM list
Handle OVAs with a missing description field
Available NICs display correctly
Default VMFS to the most recent version when formatting
Security fixes
VMware OS Optimization Tool
This is THE go to application if it comes to building golden images for VDI or SBC environments. If it is Horizon or Citrix if you don’t optimize you will fail!
Changelog
August 2, 2017
New Template: App Volumes Packaging Machine – This template is intended to be used by Application Packagers who are responsible for creating AppStacks and should only be used on the ‘Packaging machine’.
vSphere HTML5 Web Client
The HTML5 client got a couple of updates with heaps of new features and bugfixes.
Changelog
Fling 3.20 – Build 6433743
New Features
Installed I/O Filters for Cluster and Host
Create and configure network resource pools in Network I/O Control v3
Bug Fixes
Fixed exception when navigating to VM summary page and configuring VM overrides: “Could not fetch query binding: com.vmware.vsphere.client.clusterui.model.services.VmFailureResponsesData”
Known Issues
If you see error in the vSphere Client (HTML5) similar to this – ‘getHostIsAssignLicenseActionAvailable’, then you can resolve this error by following below steps:
If vSphere Client (HTML5) Fling appliance is pointed to a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), then you should reregister the fling appliance by logging in to FAMI UI (or by running the config-ui CLI). Refer the instructions document to follow the steps for configuring Fling appliance for VCSA.
If vSphere Client (HTML5) Fling appliance is pointed to a Windows vCenter Server, then reregister by downloading latest server-configure.bat from the Download section of this website. Refer the instructions document to follow the steps for configuring Fling appliance for Windows vCenter Server.
Fling 3.19 – Build 6365405
New Features
Add host and client USB device to a VM
Add USB controller
Assign License action on VC/Cluster/Host
Edit/Clone VM Storage Policy
Edit Storage Policies of a VM (Actions > VM Policies > Edit VM Storage Policies…)
Storage Policy components view
Create/Delete Storage Policy components
Related VM Templates view for a Storage Policy
Mount VVOL datastore action
VVOL Capability Profiles Capacity portlet
Create and edit VM customization specifications (without custom network configurations)
Configure per disk option on Select storage page when cloning VM/template
Host lists can be sorted by consumed CPU and memory
Monitoring DRS memory utilization for clusters allows switching between active and consumed memory for the charts
Updated UI of the compatibility issues dialog in the migrate wizard – ability to sort the compatibility by VM, host or compatibility issue
Bug Fixes
The list of physical network adapters didn’t render correctly for some ESX hosts and an error message was appearing on the top of the page
Setting the DRS advanced option “PercentIdleMBInMemDemand” through the advanced settings now works for any value
Known Issues
If you see error in the vSphere Client (HTML5) similar to this – ‘getHostIsAssignLicenseActionAvailable’, then you can resolve this error by following below steps:
If vSphere Client (HTML5) Fling appliance is pointed to a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), then you should reregister the fling appliance by logging in to FAMI UI (or by running the config-ui CLI). Refer the instructions document to follow the steps for configuring Fling appliance for VCSA.
If vSphere Client (HTML5) Fling appliance is pointed to a Windows vCenter Server, then reregister by downloading latest server-configure.bat from the Download section of this website. Refer the instructions document to follow the steps for configuring Fling appliance for Windows vCenter Server.
If you see this error when you click on the VM – “Could not fetch query binding: com.vmware.vsphere.client.clusterui.model.services.VmFailureResponsesData cause: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not fetch query binding: com.vmware.vsphere.client.clusterui.model.services.VmVmcpSupportData”, collaps the HA portlet in the VM summary. We are working on fixing this.
HCIBench
HCIBench is a tool to test your hyperconverged infrastructure. No vSan required, any HCI is good as long as it runs vSphere.
Changelog
Version Version 1.6.3
Enhanced vSANPerformanceDiagnose function call
Enhanced port 443 validation
Enhanced results calculation
Added host maintenance mode validation
Added deployment validation
Horizon Toolbox
This one came out at the very last moment of August. Some bugs have been fixed and a couple of old features that had been removed have been re-added but have been marked deprecated.
Changelog
2017-Aug-31 Horizon Toolbox 7.2.1
Bugs fixed
Auditing – Export CSV failed
Console Access – Some vCenter versions were not supported. Now, almost all vCenter versions after 5.5 are supported.
Console Access – “Parent VMs” show all VMs. Now only the VMs which are (or ready to be) parent VMs are shown.
Installation sometimes failed due to Tomcat error. Now, the installation should be successful every time if the Connection Server is good.
New Features
Console Access – “Problem VMs” show the VMs with View Agent, but in abnormal status like “error”, “unavailable” or others.
The following features are added back since some customers strongly require these features, but they are marked as “deprecated”, since we suggest using the production features in Horizon or VIDM.
So for a long time I have been looking forward to the VMworld EU Hackaton. The announcement has now been made and it will take place on Monday evening the 11th from 6pm to officially 10pm but my guess is that it might run a little longer 😉 It will be held at the Valkiria Hub Space and you can join as a member of mine or another team or as spectator, just schedule the right session in the schedule builder.
My Team
So I have signed up to lead a team to improve and expand the Horizon View vCheck I have been building. Since this probably also wil involve the Horizon View Community module I wouldn’t be too surprised if improvements will be made to that as well.
Who am I looking for?
For my team i don’t care how much experience you have with PowerCLI or Horizon view but it might be handy if you at least have some idea when we talk about it. Just bring your laptop and if we end up having learned something by the end of the night it has been a success for me!
Do I need something installed on my laptop?
Yes, make sure PowerCLI (at least 6.5) has been installed and your favorite script editor. I will prepare the connection brokers, composers and other vm’s on my laptop.
I decided to make this almost monthly post a bit wider and just post updates and new releases of all flings in that month. There are four flings that have been updated at least once this month.
New Flings
There has been one new release this month:
DRS Lens
During the development fase at some point DRS Lens was named DRS Goggle so if you talk to me irl it might be possible that I call it that way. What this Flings does is give you insight in DRS activity. In several dashboards it will help the user visualize why DRS did or maybe didn’t move those vm’s you are so attached to.
As VMware vSphere DRS has become more widely adopted now, more and more users are interested in knowing how it works. They need more insights into DRS activity and actions. They want to know the value that DRS provides to their clusters. DRS Lens is an attempt to provide a UI-based solution to help understand DRS better.
DRS Lens provides a simple, yet powerful interface to highlight the value proposition of vSphere DRS. Providing answers to simple questions about DRS will help quell many of the common concerns that users may have. DRS Lens provides different dashboards in the form of tabs for each cluster being monitored.
Changelog
Version 1.1
Added login compatibility to 5.5 vCenter
Fixed VC certificate parsing bug found with some 5.5 vCenters
Updated flings
These Flings have received one or more updates during this month.
Horizon Toolbox 2
The Horizon toolbox 2 has been updated to version 7.2 and since Horizon 7.2 itself now contains a Remote Assistance feature in the helpdesk part this has been removed from the fling. This is stil one of my favorite flings that has functionality that should be in Horizon itself!
Changelog
2017 Jul 17
New Features
Support Horizon 7.2. Horizon Toolbox uses the same version as the latest supported Horizon.
Support end users’ actions auditing (agent side), including USB storage, Client Drive Redirection and Clipboard.
Support vSphere Console Access to all Parent Images.
Bug Fixes
Fix one bug which caused the number of concurrent sessions not accurate.
Fix one bug which caused missed domains in login page.
Removed Features
Remote Assistance is part of Horizon 7.2 production (in Help Desk). So we have removed this feature from Horizon Toolbox.
vSphere html5 web client
The updates for this really great fling don’t get a date but a build number. I could find that 3.16 was released early July so I decided to take that one as the oldest for the changelog of the vSphere html5 web client.
Changelog
Fling 3.18 – Build 6163115
Improvements
Upgrade distributed switch wizard now supports the upgrade of LACP to Enhanced mode and the upgrade of Network I/O Control to version 3.
View settings of link aggregation groups on a distributed switch
Fling 3.17 – Build 6088028
New Features
Create VM Storage Policy (limited)
Migrate Host Networking to a Distributed Switch
Configure default gateway address on VMkernel adapters (ESX 6.5 only)
Network I/O Control v3 – configure shares, reservation and limit for the different types of system traffic
Customize hardware options when cloning VM or deploying VM from template
Create VVol Storage Policies
Improvements
Warn when about to edit the settings or perform snapshot operations on VM managed by a solution
Warning message when uploading files bigger than the datastore free space
Known Issues
Import Item into Content Library is not working.
Bug Fixes
Fixed the bug on import workflow in content library
Fling 3.16 – Build 5956761
New Features
Create VM Storage Policy (limited)
Create vSAN Policy (without Tags)
Create Policy with Tags and Common rules
Distributed Switch
Manage physical network adapters at the host level
LACP support – view the link aggregation groups created on a distributed switch
Upgrade distributed switch wizard
SR-IOV support – enable/disable SR-IOV on physical network adapters that support it
Content Library
Tags, notes, subscription/Publication portlet
Edit settings on the content library
Delete Content Library
Synchronize Library
Improvements
Select TCP/IP stack while creating new VMkernel network adapter
Known Issues
Import Item into Content Library is not working.
HCIBench
HCIBench is a tool developed for benchmarking the hyper-converged infrastructure. It not only works for VSAN but for all kinds of hyper-converged solutions. Again this tool has no build date but version but the Internet Waybackmachine found for me that 1.6.1 was released back in february.
Changelog
Version 1.6.2
Integrated with vSAN Performance Diagnostic of vSphere_6.5U1/vSAN_6.6.1.
Added DHCP Service validation.
Added Vdbench workload profile validation.
Removed the root password expiration policy.
Changed results display to show full file names.
Changed easy-run calculation from host basis to disk-group basis.
Update: There is a new way to pull the event information without having to enter the sql password please see this post about it.
So in one of the first posts I did about Powercli 6.5 was a bit about pulling events from the Horizon View events database. This off course was not the crude way to pull the events. Another was was using the event dumper fling but that one is a bit to slow for my taste. I decided to create a script that leveraged and had the speed of PowerCli but actually gave some options and that dumped the results in a .csv file since reading them from the command line will be too much at some point.
What I ended up with is a 71 line script where 18 are informational, 8 blanks, 1 that pulls the information and the rest for the menus and error handling. I decided on not giving any real errors when things don’t work but just red text. A lot is done with try <> catch and a if elseif else.
There is no need to load any modules but the scripts assumes at least PowerCLI 6.5 with the vmware.hv.helper module loaded.
I have created a github repo for these smaller scripts over here.
#-------------------------------------------------
# Get the Horizon view event for the last x time and export to a csv
#
# Requires PowerCLI 6.5 or higher
# Requires vmware.hv.helper module
# Module can be found at https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts
#
# Version 1.0
# 16-06-2017
# Created by: Wouter Kursten
#
#-------------------------------------------------
# Load the required VMware modules (for PowerShell only)
Write-Host "Loading VMware PowerCLI Modules" -ForegroundColor Green
try {
get-module -listavailable vm* | import-module -erroraction stop
}
catch {
write-host "No Powercli 6.5 or higher found" -ForegroundColor Red
}
$version=get-powercliversion -WarningAction silentlyContinue
if ($version.build -lt 4624819) {
write-host "Horizon View api's require Powercli 6.5 or higher to function, please upgrade PowerCLI" -ForegroundColor Red
exit
}
elseif (get-module vmware.hv.helper ) {
write-host "VMware.hv.helper found"
}
else {
write-host "Please download and install the VMware.hv.helper module from https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts" -ForegroundColor Red
exit
}
#Ask for connection information
$hvservername=Read-host "Welke Connection broker?"
$domain=read-host "Please enter your active directory domain?"
$username=Read-host "Please enter your useraccount"
$password=Read-host -assecurestring "Please enter your password"
#Connect to View Connection broker
write-host "Connecting to the connection broker" -ForegroundColor Green
try {
$hvserver=connect-hvserver $hvservername -domain $domain -username $username -password $password -WarningAction silentlyContinue -erroraction stop
}
catch {
Write-host "Can't connect to the Connection server please check the credentials." -ForegroundColor Red
exit
}
#connect to the Event Database
$dbpassword=Read-host -assecurestring "Please enter the password of the account configured in Horizon View to access the event database."
write-host "Connecting to the database" -ForegroundColor Green
try {
$eventdb=connect-hvevent -dbpassword $dbpassword -erroraction stop
}
catch {
Write-host "Can't connect to the Database server please check the password." -ForegroundColor Red
exit
}
#Retreive information
write-host "Please provide the following information use % as wildcard." -ForegroundColor Green
$searchuser=Read-Host "Please enter the accountname you need information on?"
$module=Read-Host "What module do you want the logs for? (Agent,Broker,Client,Tunnel,Framework,Client)"
$sevfilter=Read-Host "What is the severity level you need information on?(Audit_fail, Audit_Success,Info,Warning,Error)"
$message=Read-host "Looking for any specific text in the message?"
$maxage=Read-Host "How far do you want to look back in event history? (Day,week,month,all)"
$filelocation=Read-host "Please provide filename and location for the exported csv file"
#Export to file
$lastevent=get-hvevent -hvdbserver $eventdb -timeperiod $maxage -SeverityFilter $sevfilter -userfilter $searchuser -modulefilter $module -messagefilter $message
try {
$lastevent.events | export-csv $filelocation -erroraction stop
}
catch{
write-host "Unable to create the file, please check name and location" -ForegroundColor Red
exit
}
Write-host "Events have been successfully exported." -ForegroundColor Green
Yes I am a bit late but there are only two Horizon View related flings that received an update last month. First is the OS Optimization tool and second is the Ubuntu OVA for Horizon. The OSOT even already received an update in June but that’s for next month.
Ubuntu OVA for Horizon
Changelog:
v1.1.0
MATE Only Release
Increased vRAM to 128 MB instead of Automatic
Removed Audio Device
Updated default network device to VMXNET3
Updated repository for open-vm-tools to Ubuntu repo
Added Horizon 7.1 Agent Dependencies
Updated Dependency packages for Ubuntu 16.04 on Horizon 7.1
Agent installer script updated with Horizon 7.1 links
Updated Media Codec packages for Ubuntu 16.04
Updated MATE packages to Xenial
More reliable domain join
Password update optional
Timezone update optional
Option to change hostname
Desktop addons optional
Added retry attempts for failed wgets of smb and krb5 configuration files
Renamed ‘horizon-linux-installer.sh’ to ‘linux-agent-installer.sh
VMware OS Optimization Tool
Changelog
May 16, 2017
OSOT binary is now digital-signed, to make sure the integrity of distribution
Template update: Windows 10 – Item “Use small icons on taskbar” is unselected by default.
So it’s time for part 3 already of building checks for Horizon View. I got some remarks after last post and thus I need to say that the checks have been created for View 7 because some commands might not work against a 6.* installation. three new plugins this time or actually two since one was already in the original uploads on github but I didn’t mention it on here yet.
11 Linked Clone Desktop Pool Information.ps166
Just like the full clone pool information but tailored for linked pools.
# Start of Settings
# End of Settings
$automatedpoolstatus=@()
foreach ($pool in $pools){
$poolname=$pool.base.name
if ($pool.type -like "*automated*" -AND $pool.source -like "*VIEW_COMPOSER*"){
$desktops=get-hvmachinesummary -pool $poolname
$automatedpoolstatus+=New-Object PSObject -Property @{"Name" = $Poolname;
"Pool_Image" = $pool.automateddesktopdata.VirtualCenternamesdata.parentvmpath;
"Pool_Snapshot" = $pool.automateddesktopdata.VirtualCenternamesdata.snapshotpath;
"Desktop_Count" = ($desktops).count;
"Available" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "AVAILABLE"}).count;
"Connected" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "CONNECTED"}).count;
"Disconnected" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "DISCONNECTED"}).count;
"Maintenance" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "MAINTENANCE"}).count;
"Provisioning" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "PROVISIONING"}).count;
"Customizing" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "CUSTOMIZING"}).count;
"Already_Used" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "ALREADY_USED"}).count;
"Agent_Unreachable" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "AGENT_UNREACHABLE"}).count;
"Error" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "ERROR"}).count;
"Deleting" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "DELETING"}).count;
"Provisioning_Error" = ($desktops | where {$_.base.basicstate -eq "PROVISIONING_ERROR"}).count;
}
}
}
$automatedpoolstatus | select Name,Pool_Image,Pool_Snapshot,Desktop_Count,Available,Connected,Disconnected,Maintenance,Provisioning,Customizing,Already_Used,Agent_Unreachable,Error,Deleting,Provisioning_Error
$Title = "Linked Clone Desktop Pool Status"
$Header = "Linked Clone Desktop Pool Status"
$Comments = "These are the pools that have floating linked clones. Not all but the most common status's are counted."
$Display = "Table"
$Author = "Wouter Kursten"
$PluginVersion = 0.1
$PluginCategory = "View"
13 Dedicated Full Clones Assignment.ps1
This plugin is targeted at the dedicated full clones (and I just realize that one can also have dedicated linked clones so will need to build one for that as well). It gives information about which desktop is assigned to which account but also with information about the host it is running on if this information is available (not in my case).
# Start of Settings
# End of Settings
$fulldesktopassignment=@()
foreach ($pool in $pools){
$poolname=$pool.base.name
if ($pool.type -like "*automated*" -AND $pool.source -like "*VIRTUAL_CENTER*"){
$desktops=get-hvmachinesummary -pool $poolname
foreach ($desktop in $desktops){
if ($desktop.namesdata.username){
$username=$desktop.namesdata.username
}
else{
$username="Unassigned"
}
$fulldesktopassignment+=New-Object PSObject -Property @{"Pool_Name" = $Poolname;
"Desktop_Name" = $desktop.base.name;
"Desktop_State" = $desktop.base.basicstate;
"Desktop_Assigned_to" = $username;
"Desktop_OperatingSystem" = $desktop.base.Operatingsystem;
"Agent_version" = $desktop.base.agentversion;
"Host" = $desktop.managedmachinesdata.hostname;
"Datastore" = $desktop.ManagedMachineNamesData.datastorepaths | out-string;
}
}
}
}
$fulldesktopassignment | select Pool_Name,Desktop_Name,Desktop_State,Desktop_Assigned_to,Desktop_OperatingSystem,Agent_version,Host,Datastore
$Title = "Dedicated Desktop Pool Assignment"
$Header = "Dedicated Desktop Pool Assignment"
$Comments = "These are the dedicated desktops with their current user assignment"
$Display = "Table"
$Author = "Wouter Kursten"
$PluginVersion = 0.1
$PluginCategory = "View"
04 License Status.ps1
This plugin gives licensing information including expiration date and what techniques are allowed under this license.
I am proud to announce the first sponsor of Retouw.nl: Vembu. Vembu is the creator of the Backup & DR suite with the same name. Besides that they also have a CRM suite in their portfolio. I have created a new partner page for them.
About Vembu
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Vembu’s flagship offering is the BDR Suite of products meant for on-premise, offsite, cloud backup and disaster recovery across diverse IT environments including physical, virtual, applications and endpoints. Vembu CRM Suite consists of products that addresses the needs of all customer facing teams including support, sales, marketing & social media engagement.
Since 2002, Vembu’s industry-recognized data protection solutions have delivered tangible value to more than 60,000 businesses worldwide through a network of 4000+ partners (MSPs/VARs & Resellers).
The different products under Vembu BDR Suite are categorized on the basis of environments:
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Vembu VMBackup, part of Vembu BDR Suite provides reliable, efficient, agentless VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V backups for small and medium businesses with enterprise level features at affordable pricing. With Round-the- clock Business Availability as its sole aim, Vembu VMBackup provides faster recovery options which ensures that the business continuity is not disrupted. With VM Replication for High Availability, Vembu CBT Driver for high performance incremental backups, VSS aware technology for application consistency, Automated Backup Verification, VembuHIVE File System, a File System of File Systems for efficient backup storage, Multiple migration options, Flexible & Configurable Retention Policies, Vembu VMBackup is tailor made for all Backup & DR requirements of a complete virtual Datacenter. Also, to empower small businesses to have business continuity, Vembu provides 50% discount on Vembu VMBackup for small businesses having up to 6 CPU-Sockets
For Windows IT environments:
Vembu ImageBackup, part of Vembu BDR Suite is a complete backup and disaster recovery solution for Windows IT environments. It provides an option to do entire system level backup or specific file level backup in Windows Servers and workstations. It also ensures RTO less than 15 minutes by delivering reliable recovery options like Bare Metal Recovery, Quick VM Recovery, Instant File Recovery, Partition level Recovery etc. Furthermore, Desktops/Laptops Backup is completely free.
For Applications, File Servers, Endpoints:
Vembu NetworkBackup, part of Vembu BDR Suite is designed for small medium businesses to protect business data across file servers, application servers, workstations and other endpoints. With NetworkBackup businesses can backup all their systems to a central location which is easier to manage.
Vembu OnlineBackup, part of Vembu BDR Suite provides File Server, MS Exchange, MS SQL, MS SharePoint & MS Outlook Backups directly to Vembu’s secure cloud using enterprise-grade AES 256-bit encryption with granular restores.
For SaaS applications like Microsoft Office365 and G Suite:
Vembu SaaSBackup, part of Vembu BDR Suite is designed for backing up the Mails, Drives, Calendar and Contacts of Office 365 and Google Apps. Vembu SaaSBackup’s core system will manage all backup and restore operations as per the user request. The backup data will be sent to the Vembu Cloud storage over secured network.
Free version
Vembu also offers a free version that has many great features. The paid version has even more very usable features that you can see in the comparison.
So last time I created some simple scripts for the Horizon View vCheck. This time I wanted to add some information about the Composer, Connection, security servers and the event database. So all in all I added four scripts that might seem to do the same but since the api’s treat the types of servers differently I decided to make separate scripts as well.
Please pull the scripts from Github since by the time you read this post things might have changed.
05 Connection Servers Status.ps1
This plugin pulls some information about the connection servers, if the status is ok and gives a warning if the Certificate will expire within 30 days. This period is something I need to change in the future to a setting so it will be customizable.
Almost the same as the connection servers but this time it checks for the security servers. I don’t run the appliance yet so will need to check on those somewhere as well.
Strangely enough the composer server doesn’t have a status in the api’s. I would have expected at least something for it being available or not. Because of this I only added information and the vCenter server it is connecting to. Another weird thing (might be me offcourse) is that the vcentername actually gives a plural output even though composer and vCenter have a 1on1 relation,
# Start of Settings
# End of Settings
$comserverstatus=@()
$comservers=$services1.viewcomposerhealth.viewcomposerhealth_list()
foreach ($comserver in $comservers) {
$vcenters=$comserver.data.virtualcenters
foreach ($vcenter in $vcenters){
if ($vcenternames){
$vcenternames+=","
$vcenternames+=($services1.virtualcenterhealth.virtualcenterhealth_get($vcenter)).data.name
}
else{
$vcenternames+=($services1.virtualcenterhealth.virtualcenterhealth_get($vcenter)).data.name
}
}
$comserverstatus+=New-Object PSObject -Property @{"Name" = $comserver.ServerName;
"Version" = $comserver.Data.Version;
"Build" = $comserver.Data.Build;
"vCenter_Server"= $vcenternames
}
}
$comserverstatus | select name,Version,Build,vcenter_server
$Title = "Composer Servers Status"
$Header = "Composer Servers Status"
$Comments = "These are the used Composer Servers"
$Display = "Table"
$Author = "Wouter Kursten"
$PluginVersion = 0.1
$PluginCategory = "View"
08 Event Database Status.ps1
For the event database I decided to give as much information as possible from the api’s. Maybe in the future it could pull some information from the sql server itself but I think that should be covered by a sql check.
# Start of Settings
# End of Settings
$eventdbstatus=@()
$eventdb=$services1.EventDatabaseHealth.EventDatabaseHealth_get()
if ($eventdb.configured -eq $True){
$eventdbstatus+=New-Object PSObject -Property @{"Servername" = $eventdb.data.Servername;
"Port" = $eventdb.data.Port;
"Status" = $eventdb.data.State;
"Username" = $eventdb.data.Username;
"DatabaseName" = $eventdb.data.DatabaseName
"TablePrefix" = $eventdb.data.TablePrefix;
"State" = $eventdb.data.State;
"Error" = $eventdb.data.Error;
}
}
$eventdbstatus | select Servername,Port,Status,Username,DatabaseName,TablePrefix,State,Error
$Title = "Event Database Status"
$Header = "Event Database Status"
$Comments = "These are the settings for the Event Database"
$Display = "Table"
$Author = "Wouter Kursten"
$PluginVersion = 0.1
$PluginCategory = "View"
The last couple of weeks some of the flings applicable for Horizon View and that I had in my VMUG presentation have been updated. The Horizon Toolbox 2 has been updated so it now supports console access for vCenter 6.0u2 and 6.5 + it now supports horizon 7.1. The Horizon OS Optimization Tool got several bugfixes.
Recent change for the Horizon Toolbox 2:
2017-Mar-17 Horizon Toolbox 2.1.3
New Features
Support new Horizon version(7.1)
Support new VCenter version(VC6.5 and 6.0u2a) in Console Access feature
Recent changelog for the OSOT:
April 27, 2017 b1090b
Issue Fix: “the node to be removed is not a child of this node” when opitimize windows 10 template
Issue Fix: System.NullReferenceException occurs if the network can’t reach any of the public template repository.
Template Update (Windows 7/8/8.1): Correct the Menu Show Delay type to REG_SZ in item “Reduce Menu Show Delay”
April 18, 2017
Issue fixed
Some optimization items are skipped mistakenly. For example, Remote Apps in Windows 10 template. This is caused by a recent change in Conditional Check feature.
April 17, 2017 b1088
Feature
Conditional Check: you can specify on what condition an optimization should be run. For example, when a specific registry key match certain value.
Template
“Change Explorer Default View” has been changed to unselected by default, because of conflict to UEM. Details: it causes the locations in “user files” (desktop, downloads, favorites, music, videos , Documents, Pictures) folder is to the local drive c:\Users\Username, its Should be \\server\folder_redirection\%username% when use UEM folder redirection.
Enhancements
Public Templates tab: click template on the list is very slow, which should not be
Default public template repository URL updated
Loading public template repository takes too long
Issue Fix
Field validation: prevent user from creating template with blank name
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